Baldwin (Loammi Jr.) is born in Woburn.

January 21, 1745

Loammi Baldwin Jr. graduates from Harvard College, passed the bar, but abandoned law to study civil engineering in Europe, and returns to Boston in 1810. He opens an office in Charlestown, and lives at 194 Main Street from 1828 to 1838, a house that is subsequently moved to 15 School Street. Subsequently called the “Father of American Civil Engineering in America,” he is responsible for many of the largest public works projects in and around Boston, including the Middlesex Canal and the Dry Docks at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Baldwin dies on June 30, 1838, and is buried in Woburn.

Sources
  • Charlestown Historical Society
  • Boston Public Library
  • Reed, Roger
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